Dear Skybus Customer:

We regret to inform you that Skybus Airlines will cease all operations effective 12:00 a.m. Saturday, April 5. As a result, your Skybus flight has been cancelled.

Skybus will not be processing refunds directly. To arrange for a refund on your reservation, please contact your credit card company directly. If you purchased flight insurance for your reservation, please refer to your insurance confirmation from AIG for information on filing a claim.

Skybus struggled to overcome the combination of rising jet fuel costs and a slowing economic environment. These two issues proved to be insurmountable for a new carrier.

We deeply regret the impact this decision will have on our customers, as well as our employees and their families, vendors, suppliers, airport officials and others in the cities in which we have operated. Our financial condition is such that our Board of Directors felt it had no choice but to cease operations.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS BEFORE WE FLEW DOWN TO MIAMI THURSDAY?
THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP.
DRIVING BACK 18 HOURS YESTERDAY WAS SOOOO AWESOME.

4/8/2008 10:33:35 AM

wow, that totally sucks

4/8/2008 10:34:18 AM

shoulda hollered i woulda sent my jet

4/8/2008 10:34:52 AM

yikes

4/8/2008 10:36:28 AM

Sure, we'll refund your $35 ticket. but you'll have to buy a $200 one to get home.

Thank you for flying Skybus

4/8/2008 10:36:59 AM

pwnt

4/8/2008 10:38:04 AM

you get what you pay for

4/8/2008 10:38:59 AM

It was going to be 450 each to fly home. I just wish if they knew they were going to shutdown that they would have let us know before we flew down 900 miles.

4/8/2008 10:42:49 AM

my friends god stuck in Jamaica's when another older airline did the same.
at least driving was an option if that helps any...

4/8/2008 10:47:39 AM

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"you get what you pay for"

Seriously. All these threads bitching about Skybus. You pay discount rates you get discount service.


Welcome to the real world. Not that I wouldn't be pissed, but no need bitching about it on TWW.

4/8/2008 10:49:05 AM

At least you got to go to Miami?

4/8/2008 10:49:29 AM

apparently, tww is a blog

4/8/2008 10:50:45 AM

messed up the bachelor weekend in miami for may.

we arent happy

4/8/2008 10:52:16 AM

http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage

4/8/2008 10:53:51 AM

mar

4/8/2008 10:53:54 AM

trains are slow




whats happening ratna?

4/8/2008 11:00:52 AM

why did it take you 18 hours
ive driven to miami twice and it took me about 14 hours to get to South Beach

4/8/2008 11:03:28 AM

I'M GUNNZZ AND I DRIVE FASTER THAN YOU! I DON"T EVEN HAVE TO STOP AND PISS!

4/8/2008 11:04:29 AM

you people make me sigh

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 11:06 AM. Reason : im so glad i dont post as much as i used to ]

4/8/2008 11:05:34 AM

ever been on a road trip with girls?

4/8/2008 11:06:11 AM

yeah and ive made them hold that shit until more than one person needed to stop
ive made people piss in bottles and cups (including myself)

i've also made it through the state of GA in less than one hour

4/8/2008 11:07:14 AM

Oh, great. Now I am you people.

4/8/2008 11:07:29 AM

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"I'M GUNNZZ AND I DRIVE FASTER THAN YOU! I DON"T EVEN HAVE TO STOP AND PISS!"

haha

4/8/2008 11:07:48 AM

yes, mr. sullivan...you are classified as you people

4/8/2008 11:10:00 AM

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"ive made people piss in bottles and cups (including myself)"

Gatorade bottles ftw. I almost peed on myself when we hit a bump once. You can't be putting your junk IN the bottle, but you can't be just holding it outside either.

4/8/2008 11:10:11 AM

who names thier kid Rudolph?

4/8/2008 11:11:13 AM

reindeer admirers everywhere.

4/8/2008 11:12:19 AM

We flew into Miami but were in Key West when we found out. Key West back to Greenboro (Where our car was) back to charlotte is a VERY long drive.

Grace

4/8/2008 11:12:41 AM

oh, you were waaaaaaaay down there...well i can see how that would take that long
thats one hell of a drive

4/8/2008 11:13:51 AM

Bottles, especially Gatorade bottles >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cups.

Don't ask how I know this.

4/8/2008 12:25:14 PM

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"i've also made it through the state of GA in less than one hour "

coooooooooooool guy sunglasses

4/8/2008 12:28:27 PM

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" i've also made it through the state of GA in less than one hour "

I call bullshit on this one...unless you were going 110mph and there was no construction

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 1:08 PM. Reason : 1]

4/8/2008 1:06:47 PM

IllegalRegal and i drove to MIA couple years ago. left at like 4am. got to florida border in like 6 hours. took us 12 hours and change to get to MIA (from raleigh).

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 1:10 PM. Reason : ]

4/8/2008 1:09:44 PM

I think you should have just typed out FUCK in the thread title.

4/8/2008 1:11:13 PM

THE MAJOR AIRLINES ARE SELLING SKYBUS CUSTOMER 50 DOLLAR BILL TICKETS UP TO APRIL 15. CONTACT THEM.

4/8/2008 1:30:56 PM

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"I call bullshit on this one...unless you were going 110mph and there was no construction"

it was more like 100 - 115 for the entire time in GA with a group of ricers around 2 or 3 in the morning.

i was the only nonricer

this was several years ago...like 8 or so and there wasnt any construction

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 1:40 PM. Reason : sdf]

4/8/2008 1:39:48 PM

I got home from the keys in less than 18

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 1:57 PM. Reason : towing a boat too]

4/8/2008 1:57:12 PM

ha, the dance team got screwed too. They're trying to find a different way to get to nationals now.

4/8/2008 2:02:34 PM

I got to Thailand in 6 hours

4/8/2008 2:03:29 PM

You could have flown AirTran home for a lot less than $450 a person.

4/8/2008 2:06:55 PM

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"it was more like 100 - 115 for the entire time in GA with a group of ricers around 2 or 3 in the morning."

so I guess you have no fear of tickets? or are there no cops in GA anymore?

4/8/2008 2:07:59 PM

i actually had a friend who said she needed to pick her family up from florida because of that too

4/8/2008 2:08:54 PM

e

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 2:11 PM. Reason : k]

4/8/2008 2:09:08 PM

ha. We were coming back from Alabama and one of the girls following us got caught going 115 on I-20 in Georgia. Apparently they had stopped to switch drivers and were trying to catch-up.

4/8/2008 2:10:12 PM

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"it was more like 100 - 115 for the entire time in GA with a group of ricers around 2 or 3 in the morning. i was the only nonricer this was several years ago...like 8 or so and there wasnt any construction "

what that stretch of 95 from st marys to savannah? cause otherwise i second the bullshit call

4/8/2008 2:31:31 PM

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"Skybus struggled to overcome the combination of rising jet fuel costs and a slowing economic environment. "

You'd think that companies like Skybus would thrive in a slowing economic environment. You know, with everyone trying to save money.

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"I'M GUNNZZ AND I DRIVE FASTER THAN YOU! I DON"T EVEN HAVE TO STOP AND PISS!"

Nah. 14 is probably going a reasonable speed with some stops. 12 is no problem, especially if you're driving through the night.

4/8/2008 2:34:13 PM

yeah i think they were thriving customerwise

it never made sense how they would make any money though, and now i get it, they didnt

4/8/2008 2:35:54 PM

^ Yep.

4/8/2008 2:43:46 PM

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"so I guess you have no fear of tickets? or are there no cops in GA anymore? "

i have recieved 16 speeding tickets since i turned 16

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"what that stretch of 95 from st marys to savannah? cause otherwise i second the bullshit call "

i dont remember...hell this was almost a decade ago. you can bullshit all you want but i know how long it took me and i know how fast i was going and i dont really give a shit about some dinky tdubber thinks...

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 3:26 PM. Reason : carry on]

4/8/2008 3:24:59 PM

look on the bright side...you can tell people you rode on their last day of operations or something

4/8/2008 3:30:20 PM